Cooked gluten-free corn pasta vs Cooked couscous
In short
One serving each: 176 calories in cooked gluten-free corn pasta (1 cup, 140 g), 176 calories in cooked couscous (1 cup, cooked, 157 g). Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in cooked gluten-free corn pasta: fiber (3.1×), magnesium (4×), phosphorus (3.1×) and zinc (2.2×). More in cooked couscous: selenium (11×), pantothenic acid (3.3×), niacin and protein. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 cup (140 g) · 3.7 g protein · 39.1 g carbs · 1 g fat
1 cup, cooked (157 g) · 6 g protein · 36.5 g carbs (0.16 g sugars) · 0.25 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium7% vs 78%
3.9 µg vs 43.2 µg
- Fiber24% vs 8%
6.7 g vs 2.2 g
- Magnesium12% vs 3%
50.4 mg vs 12.6 mg
- Pantothenic acid (B5)4% vs 12%
0.18 mg vs 0.58 mg
- Phosphorus9% vs 3%
106 mg vs 34.5 mg
- Niacin (B3)5% vs 10%
0.78 mg vs 1.5 mg
- Protein7% vs 12%
3.7 g vs 6 g
- Zinc8% vs 4%
0.88 mg vs 0.41 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Total fat1 g · 0.25 g1%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.14 g · 0.046 g1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates39.1 g · 36.5 g14%·13%
- Sodiumlimit0 mg · 7.8 mg0%·<1%
- Potassium43.4 mg · 91.1 mg1%·2%
- Calcium1.4 mg · 12.6 mg<1%·1%
- Iron0.35 mg · 0.6 mg2%·3%
- Copper0.09 mg · 0.064 mg10%·7%
- Manganese0.21 mg · 0.13 mg9%·6%
- Vitamin A4.2 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.074 mg · 0.099 mg6%·8%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.032 mg · 0.042 mg2%·3%
- Vitamin B60.081 mg · 0.08 mg5%·5%
- Folate8.4 µg · 23.6 µg2%·6%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Cooked gluten-free corn pasta (SR Legacy 168900), Cooked couscous (SR Legacy 169700). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.